“We remain hopeful that the game may continue one day through the normal scheduling process. Having said that, we, of course, will follow any specific direction from the Legislature.”

A&M has consistently said that it would like to continue the series as a nonconference game after its move to the SEC from the Big 12. In the meanwhile, it’s possible that the Aggies will schedule a Thanksgiving game with an SEC opponent, Loftin has said. Texas has already moved on in replacing the Aggies with current Big 12 members as their Turkey Day opponents.

Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds acknowledged to me before the final game of the series, on Thanksgiving 2011, that the series would resume eventually. But Texas has cited that its schedule is already full for upcoming seasons, so it’s been unclear what could transpire to revive the series.

“It will be played again sometime, somewhere down the road,” Dodds said in 2011. “When and if, it will have to be the right situation. It will have to be positive for us.”